School Days (album)

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The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

School Days is the fourth solo album by jazz fusion bassist Stanley Clarke. The album reached number 34 in the Billboard 200 chart and number 2 in the Jazz Albums chart.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Stanley Clarke.

Side One

1. "School Days" – 7:51
2. "Quiet Afternoon – 5:09
3. "The Dancer" – 5:27

Side Two

1. "Desert Song" – 6:56
2. "Hot Fun" – 2:55
3. "Life Is Just a Game" – 9:00

Personnel

• Stanley Clarke – double bass, bass guitar, piccolo bass, electric guitar, keyboards, percussion, vocals
• Chick Corea – keyboards
• George Duke – keyboards
• Jeff Beck – guitar
• Ray Gomez – electric guitar, rhythm guitar
• Icarus Johnson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• John McLaughlin – guitar
• David Sancious – electric guitar, keyboards
• Gerry Brown – drums, handbells
• Billy Cobham – drums, synthesizer
• Steve Gadd – drums
• Lenny White – drums
• Milt Holland – congas, percussion
• Tom Malone – trombone
• Dave Taylor – trombone
• Jon Faddis – trumpet
• Alan Rubin – trumpet
• Lew Soloff – trumpet
• Earl Chapin – horn
• John Clark – horn
• Peter Gordon – horn
• Wilmer Wise – horn
• Al Aarons – brass
• Stewart Blumberg – brass
• George Bohanon – brass
• Buddy Childers – brass
• Robert Findley – brass
• Gary Grant – brass
• Lew McCreary – brass
• Jack Nimitz – brass
• William Peterson – brass
• Dalton Smith – brass
• Marilyn Baker – strings
• Thomas Buffum – strings
• David Campbell – strings
• Rollice Dale – strings
• Robert Dubow – strings
• Janice Gower – strings
• Karen Jones – strings
• Dennis Karmazyn – strings
• Gordon Marron – strings
• Lya Stern – strings
• Ron Strauss – strings
• Marcia Van Dyke – strings
• John Wittenberg – strings

Production

• Lynn Dreese Breslin – art direction
• Bob Defrin – art direction
• Ken Scott – producer, engineer, remixing
• Jerry Solomon – assistant engineer
• Ed Thacker – assistant engineer
• Michael Frondelli – assistant engineer